Lewis Perelmutter spent close to a decade brimming with anger and frustration as he struggled to care for his ailing wife. It wasn’t until after she died that he realized the stress almost killed him, too. 
Radka ZÃtková, Centretown News Lewis Perelmutter looks at his late wife in a family picture. Perelmutter struggled with stress and exhaustion from caring for his wife, who became depressed while living with Parkinson's disease.
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Effects of aging make diagnosis of illness difficult
Mental illness among seniors is often misunderstood by family and friends, but it’s also under-diagnosed by doctors, says one expert.
Survivor reflects on ‘inhumane’ treatment of the past
Less than 40 years ago, Ottawa residents who needed support for mental health problems would not have found a number in the phone book.
Neuroscientists baffled by brain mysteries
It really is all in your head. Your brain makes trillions of choices every second of every day, without rest, and controls your physical and mental health.
Courtesy Gaetan Lee A healthy human brain is preserved in a jar of formaldehyde. Functional magnetic resonance imaging is used to detect which parts of the brain are affected by mental illness.